Verse 2505

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

संस्कृतश्रवणोत्पाद्यज्ञानसम्बद्ध एव हि ।
श्रोत्रासंस्करणेऽपीति ज्ञानमाक्षिप्यते स्फुटम् ॥ २५०५ ॥

saṃskṛtaśravaṇotpādyajñānasambaddha eva hi |
śrotrāsaṃskaraṇe'pīti jñānamākṣipyate sphuṭam || 2505 ||

In that case, it would mean that the word-sound, which continues to be inseparably related to the cognition producible of the embellished auditory organ, would be clearly present even when the auditory organ has not been embellished.—(2505)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

After the compound ending with ‘Sambaddha’, the phrase ‘Śabdaḥ anuvartate’ is understood.

Thus then, because the Word connected with the Cognition producible by the Embellished Organ continues for all time,—therefore it follows that even for the man whose Auditory Organ has not been embellished, the said Cognition would be there; so that there would be no use for the Embellishment of the Auditory Organ.—(2505)